— A Toronto-area man waging a legal battle to keep his 27-year-old daughter on life support after she was declared brain dead told an Ontario court Friday that he never had the chance to tell her doctors about her religious beliefs. “I do not believe that (brain death) is a true death, that is not my family’s faith,” he said during cross-examination. “(McKitty) understood, she has a daughter and through her daughter she has continued that same philosophy.”The family’s lawyer argues declaring McKitty dead based on neurological criteria contravenes her religious beliefs and therefore amounts to discrimination. “There are no facts asserting as to Ms. McKitty’s religious beliefs” in any of the affidavits filed by her father, the engine behind the legal challenge, Erica Baron said. Three Toronto-area doctors, including the one who declared McKitty brain dead, have told the court the movements should not be interpreted as signs of life.

Source: National Post December 01, 2017 19:18 UTC